[Edited by shred35 on 9/13/2006 at 5:13 PM]

well if you're ever in Calgary I even have an air matress for you to sleep on.  I don't mind the belching but the farting I'm nto so sure about.  

BDO is awesome!  Next year will be the 1st time in about 5 years that i'm going to miss it, but I think the snow will make up for it though.. :)

WHAAAAATTT??? It's not me! It's Shred! Really!  As for snow, I a)hate you Ben, but not really, because we're supposed to get a bit of snow tomorrow and b)blame the dutch oven/burping stinkyness on Shred.

Things are really cooling off here abd we are getting a fuck of a lot of wet weather. Hopefully it will come early and heavy this year.

Posted by kendrat

hell so long as all the snow doesn't melt in december like it did last year... i'm  happy. that was the worst, i had to sit at my boring job every day and cry when i saw more and more mud appearing on the mountain cam.... the snow was beautiful in november... even a bit in october... but noooooooo opening day hits and it all melts.

 

right, i'm done. bunnies!

Posted by reachben

Shred35 and boardaholic get a room! preferable away from every one else i don't want to smell any one else's dutch ovens, because nothing smells like your own brand.

 

 

OOOOHHHHH YAAAAAAA baby! snow on whistler wooo hoo I was gone for 3 days came back today and can see the snow line droping on the mountains! I think I just came a little.....yep I did.

Damn, I was on the beach in shorts and t-shirt the other day, and your already talking about snow creeping down the mountain....NOW THATS WHAT I"M TALKING ABOUT! woohoo.

Sod the fart jokes when there is snow to be discused/drooled over/fought over/whose got the most etc type discussions.

^^^ If all goes well Calgary should be getting snow any time now.  The sad thing is tho that the weather network tends to lie alot. :(

Posted by shred35

What do you guys usually check the weather with? snowforecast.com, tv weather, radio, finger...???

Here you go...Powderwatch

^^^^ Nice I didn't know about this gem of a website.

Posted by shred35

What do you guys usually check the weather with? snowforecast.com, tv weather, radio, finger...???

Curious; I've used my finger for many things but telling the temperature was not one of them.  I did develop a particular skill while I lived in Edmonton however; determining the temperature using my nose.  It basically involved stepping outside, taking a huge inhale through the nose and counting how long it took for my nostrils to unstick.  I was within 5 degrees celcius of the actual temperature everytime.  The down side of course is that this technique only works at -10 or colder (which is like 10 months out of the year in Edmonton).

Posted by jr_barns

Posted by shred35

What do you guys usually check the weather with? snowforecast.com, tv weather, radio, finger...???

Curious; I've used my finger for many things but telling the temperature was not one of them.  I did develop a particular skill while I lived in Edmonton however; determining the temperature using my nose.  It basically involved stepping outside, taking a huge inhale through the nose and counting how long it took for my nostrils to unstick.  I was within 5 degrees celcius of the actual temperature everytime.  The down side of course is that this technique only works at -10 or colder (which is like 10 months out of the year in Edmonton).

Edmonton weather: At -30 to -35 Celcius you hope the car starts if you forgot to plug in the block heater but Command Start is way better because it's more comfortable that way. You see, at those temperatures the foam in your car seats freeze making them rock solid (those are the cloth seats; I still remember the vinyl seats in my '74 Old Cutlass...crunch).
At -21 to -27 Celcius feels like a typical Edmonton winter day. Snowboarding starts off with the pit zips shut and the helmet vents shut but after a few runs it feels like Hawaii and your stripping. The only thing that sucks is if a wind hits you because the temp feels like it's dropped another 5 degrees and your skin turns red in colour from the onset of frost bite.
At around -10 to 15 Celcius the hills are packed with people and at around the -10 mark I will usually lost the jacket and use either a hoodie or a sweater as the jacket gets too warm.
At -1 to -9 I will take out the garbage, check the mail in a t-shirt. Wearing just a base layer top going down the runs, just don't bail because the rough snow feels like sandpaper on your flesh.